North American Camera

North American Camera North American Camera is a professional camera rental house in Milwaukee, WI. Featuring ARRI, Leitz, Canon, RED, Sony, Zeiss, Cooke, Angenieux and much more.

At North American Camera we like to consider ourselves part of your camera crew. Whether it's helping make decisions about camera equipment in pre-production, or finding that hard to locate piece of specialty equipment at the last minute, we are dedicated to helping make your camera department run smoothly. I have worked for the past 30 years in the film-video industry as: Camera Assistant, Operat

or, and Director of Photography. Having such a "hands-on" relationship with camera equipment has given me the understanding to help provide my clients with state-of-the-art equipment in pristine condition. Nothing less will do. As Wisconsin's only locally owned, full-service professional motion camera equipment provider, we have served clients from as far away as Europe, to the many companies within walking distance of our office. We provide equipment rentals for all budgets and needs, from Super 8mm film to the latest Digital Cinema cameras and everything in between. We look forward to the opportunity to serve your equipment needs.

When a camera test/prep involves the who's who of the biz, it's a special day. Making pepperonis and veggies go really s...
12/19/2025

When a camera test/prep involves the who's who of the biz, it's a special day. Making pepperonis and veggies go really slow at 1000FPS with the Phantom VEO 4K-PL. The office still smells like a defunct pizzeria, but it was great to see everyone and a good time was had by most.

12/15/2025

HELLO EVERYONE.NORTH AMERICAN CAMERAS EMAIL WAS HACKED! DO NOT OPEN ANY PDF FILE EMAILS SENT BY NAC YESTERDAY OR TODAY!

Cherry Pie Christmas premier in Fish Creek, Door County. It’s packed!
12/14/2025

Cherry Pie Christmas premier in Fish Creek, Door County. It’s packed!

12/14/2025
DP Jason Jahnke decided to greatly expand his visual pallet by mixing 16mm color negative film (via NAC's ARRI SR3 Advan...
12/09/2025

DP Jason Jahnke decided to greatly expand his visual pallet by mixing 16mm color negative film (via NAC's ARRI SR3 Advanced) and standard 4k digital video. This was Jason's first time shooting film. I think he did VERY well!

Sentinel Basecamp is built to bring people together to collaborate, learn, and create through a mix of gear, travel, food, camp, and sport. We often travel to play…

Today DP Colin Sytsma worked with Director Justin Goodrum and AC Ashley Hess to get their camera package together in pre...
11/14/2025

Today DP Colin Sytsma worked with Director Justin Goodrum and AC Ashley Hess to get their camera package together in preparation for the start of next week's indie feature "Christopher".

RIP Otto Nemenz, a true icon of the film industry.
11/05/2025

RIP Otto Nemenz, a true icon of the film industry.

Yesterday saw two very different preps going on at the same time . Patrick Haley headed up the "Digital Team" prepping t...
09/30/2025

Yesterday saw two very different preps going on at the same time . Patrick Haley headed up the "Digital Team" prepping the ARRI Mini LF with some Cooke S8 primes. And in the other corner was DP Andy Cutraro leading the "Analog Team" prepping the ARRI SR3 Advanced with a vintage Canon 8-64mm zoom. Who will win? Is it even a competition? Only the footage will tell!

This is getting to be a habit! It's Monday, so it must be Randy Lorenz in again prepping a big camera package. ARRI Alex...
09/22/2025

This is getting to be a habit! It's Monday, so it must be Randy Lorenz in again prepping a big camera package. ARRI Alexa 35 with all the trimmings, including our wonderful Leitz Classic Cron primes. The more people that use them, the more people want to shoot with nothing else but them!

A busy start, to a busy week! Veteran AC's Randy Lorenz and Patrick Haley work their way through two camera packages fea...
09/15/2025

A busy start, to a busy week! Veteran AC's Randy Lorenz and Patrick Haley work their way through two camera packages featuring a wide variety of lenses and accessories.

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2018 S. 1st Street, Suite 220
Milwaukee, WI
53207

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 9am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 5:30pm
Thursday 9am - 5:30pm
Friday 9am - 5:30pm

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At North American Camera we like to consider ourselves part of your camera crew. Whether it's helping make decisions about camera equipment in pre-production, or finding that hard to locate piece of specialty equipment at the last minute, we are dedicated to helping make your camera department run smoothly. I have worked for the past 30 years in the film-video industry as: Camera Assistant, Operator, and Director of Photography. Having such a "hands-on" relationship with camera equipment has given me the understanding to help provide my clients with state-of-the-art equipment in pristine condition. Nothing less will do. As Wisconsin's only locally owned, full-service professional motion camera equipment provider, we have served clients from as far away as Europe, to the many companies within walking distance of our office. We provide equipment rentals for all budgets and needs, from Super 8mm film to 8k HD and everything in between. We look forward to the opportunity to serve your equipment needs.